But ¹  his mother replied, ²  “No! He must be named ³  John.” ⁴ 

Then one of the twelve, the one named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests

At that time they had in custody a notorious prisoner named Jesus ¹  Barabbas.

A man named Barabbas was imprisoned with rebels who had committed murder during an insurrection.

Simon ¹  (whom he named Peter), and his brother Andrew; and James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, ² 

But at his gate lay ¹  a poor man named Lazarus ²  whose body was covered with sores, ³ 

Now ¹  a man named Zacchaeus was there; he was a chief tax collector ²  and was rich.

Now a man named Ananias, together with Sapphira his wife, sold a piece of property.

So ¹  Peter ²  stayed many days in Joppa with a man named ³  Simon, a tanner. ⁴ 

Now ¹  send men to Joppa ²  and summon a man named Simon, ³  who is called Peter.

When he knocked at the door of the outer gate, a slave girl named Rhoda answered. ¹ 

(Now seven sons of a man named ¹  Sceva, a Jewish high priest, were doing this.) ² 

from ¹  whom every family ²  in heaven and on the earth is named.

During the reign ¹  of Herod ²  king of Judea, there lived a priest named Zechariah who belonged to ³  the priestly division of Abijah, ⁴  and he had a wife named Elizabeth, ⁵  who was a descendant of Aaron. ⁶ 

but did not have marital relations ¹  with her until she gave birth to a son, whom he named ²  Jesus.

As ¹  they were going out, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced ²  to carry his cross. ³ 

Then ¹  one of the synagogue rulers, ²  named Jairus, ³  came up, and when he saw Jesus, ⁴  he fell at his feet.

When ¹  morning came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles: ² 

She ¹  had a sister named Mary, who sat ²  at the Lord’s feet ³  and listened to what he said.

Now ¹  there was a man named Joseph who was a member of the council, ²  a good and righteous man.